James Robert WILLIAMS

(1850-1923)

WILLIAMS, James Robert, a
Representative from Illinois; born in Carmi, White County, Ill.,
December 27, 1850; attended the common schools; was graduated from
Indiana State University at Bloomington in 1875 and from Union
College of Law, Chicago, Ill., in 1876; was admitted to the bar in
1876 and commenced practice in Carmi, Ill.; master in chancery
1880-1882; county judge of White County 1882-1886; elected as a
Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Richard W. Townsend; reelected to the Fifty-second and
Fifty-third Congresses and served from December 2, 1889, to March
3, 1895; elected to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and
Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1905); resumed the
practice of his profession; died in Loma Linda, San Bernardino
County, Calif., November 8, 1923; interment in Maple Ridge
Cemetery, Carmi, Ill.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present